Dallas Texans (Arena)

This article is about an Arena Football League team. For other teams with a similar name, see Dallas Texans.

Dallas Texans
Year founded	1990
Year folded	1993
Prior names	none
Divisional championships	none
ArenaBowl championships	none

The Dallas Texans was an Arena Football League team that played from 1990 to 1993.

History

The team was based in Dallas, Texas. They played their home games in the Reunion Arena, which they shared with the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. The team made the ArenaBowl their first season and returned to the playoffs in their final two years. In 1993, they lost in the first week of the playoffs and were disbanded shortly thereafter.

Jerry Jones later bought the remains of the team and revived the Dallas arena football team in 2000. However, he sold the rights to the Texans name to Bob McNair to allow McNair to name his expansion NFL team the Houston Texans. The Dallas arena football team later was renamed the Dallas Desperados, playing from 2002 to 2008. The current Dallas Vigilantes franchise is an expansion team unrelated to either the Texans or Desperados.

Season-by-season

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
1990	6	2	0	2nd	Won Semifinals (Denver 26-25) Lost ArenaBowl IV (Detroit 51-27)
1991	4	6	0	6th	--
1992	5	5	0	1st Western	Won Week 1 (Albany 48-45) Lost Week 2 (Detroit 57-14)
1993	3	9	0	3rd AC	Lost Week 1 (Detroit 51-6)
Totals	20	24	0	(including playoffs)

Notes

• The team appeared on the game EA Sports Arena Football as a hidden bonus team, as well as the sequel Arena Football: Road to Glory.

AFL Hall of Famers

• Ben Bennett

• Carl Aikens

External links

• AFL Official Website
• Dallas Texans at ArenaFan.com